So I was thinking about Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, the greatest 2D platformer of all time, and it made me realize in the five playthroughs I've done over 13 years I've never 100% completed the game until my last one.
For those who don't know, DKC2 uses a heavily limited save system where you have to clear a certain amount of levels per map to reach the Kong College, and after your first save every one afterwards costs two coins, so it's completely possible to beat a boss, get a Game Over in the next few levels, and have to redo the boss. If you save and turn the game off or get a Game Over your life count resets to five and your coins down to zero, making it even harder to keep on going. This is further compounded if you want to get all 40 DK Coins and clear the Lost World for the bonus ending, because none of that stuff is permanently yours until you save at the Kong College.
So I eventually got the game on WiiU, whose Virtual Console comes with a restore function, and it was through this I was able to play to completion a game I already really love, because I don't have to worry about losing all my lives when I turn the game off and I don't have to redo the hardest level in the game for another chance of getting the DK Coin that only appears for 1/8th of a frame, I can just save my status and reload from there.
For those who don't know, DKC2 uses a heavily limited save system where you have to clear a certain amount of levels per map to reach the Kong College, and after your first save every one afterwards costs two coins, so it's completely possible to beat a boss, get a Game Over in the next few levels, and have to redo the boss. If you save and turn the game off or get a Game Over your life count resets to five and your coins down to zero, making it even harder to keep on going. This is further compounded if you want to get all 40 DK Coins and clear the Lost World for the bonus ending, because none of that stuff is permanently yours until you save at the Kong College.
So I eventually got the game on WiiU, whose Virtual Console comes with a restore function, and it was through this I was able to play to completion a game I already really love, because I don't have to worry about losing all my lives when I turn the game off and I don't have to redo the hardest level in the game for another chance of getting the DK Coin that only appears for 1/8th of a frame, I can just save my status and reload from there.